US pulp-maker pioneers new biofuel
FROM the outside, the rustic red-brick mill on a bend in Maine
FROM the outside, the rustic red-brick mill on a bend in Maine
Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of UK, delivered a speech on the Roadmap to Copenhagen manifesto on the challenge of climate change and development in London on Friday 26th June 2009.
Each civic body to save several lakhs towards the electricity bill: District Planning Committee Chairman Power saver: Collector M. Jayaraman (second from right) addressing the planning committee meeting in Tirunelveli on Wednesday.
At the 5 MW project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam Natural and renewable: Nagarajan, Additional Collector and Secretary, District Advisory Committee on Renewable Energy, addressing a public hearing at Muthupatty near Sivaganga on Wednesday. SIVAGANGA: A 5 megawatt (MW) solar photo voltaic (SPV) power generation project at Rettaipillai Ayyanarkulam will begin production from December this year.
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to pass "historic legislation" to fight global warming, prompting his fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to aim for a vote on Friday on the bill to reduce industrial emissions of carbon dioxide.
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will provide Bangladesh with US$ 1.3 billion for construction of the proposed Padma Bridge. This was apprised by Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith in the cabinet meeting held at Cabinet Division at Bangladesh Secretariat here on Monday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
CHENNAI: The new power-generation based incentives planned for the renewable energy sector will not phase out the existing accelerated depreciation incentives, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said here on Friday.
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A semiconductor unit near Chennai. M. Somasekhar Hyderabad, June 19 The Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) has recommended that incentives in the form of capital subsidy on the lines specified under the Semiconductor Policy be made available to larger number of units engaged in solar Photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing.
Telecoms firms are increasingly looking at more energy efficient and recyclable products in Asia as consumers check labels for environmental credentials and companies try to save on energy costs.
K Subramanya The sun is shining gloriously as usual but it
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: A thousand solar lanterns have been dispatched to relief camps for Aila victims as an emergency measure to restore power in the cyclone-affected area, officials of the West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation said here on Wednesday.
Asia's rapid economic growth in recent years has contributed significantly to climate change and environmental pollution, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned on Tuesday. In response to this, "it is imperative that we escalate our efforts to put the region on a path of low-carbon growth," bank president Haruhiko Kuroda told an ADB forum on climate change.
But ACI Europe's scheme did not set a deadline for airports to become carbon neutral -- largely by cutting emissions from ground transport, boosting renewable energy and reducing the energy consumption of buildings.
About 65 farmers have been detained by the police for demolishing structures on 13.2 acre panchayati land erected by a solar power company at Awan village, 16 km from here, today.
Shunned By Pvt Firms, Abandoned Station To Generate 3M Units/Yr Solar Electricity Jamuria (Raniganj): In perhaps the first significant climate responsive project in South Asia, an abandoned thermal power plant has been converted into a mega solar power generating station. It
New Delhi: The government is considering a regulation to make use of renewable energy mandatory for special economic zones (SEZ) to save on traditional fuel like coal and diesel. The Ministries of Commerce & Industry and New & Renewable Energy are working on the modalities for such a regulation.
Sugar mills have doubled up as power generators and produce 2,000 megawatt of biomass-based energy through cogeneration, says this latest report in Down To Earth. It recommends a strong policy-framework to sustain cogeneration, which is critical for India